New 2015 ECPR Recommendations

New 2015 ECPR recommendations can be found buried in the 2015 American Heart Association guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

The recommendations are broken down into 3 primary age groups; Neonatal, Pediatric, Adult. Then further distinguished by In Hospital Cardiac Arrest (IHCA) and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA).

Overall general recommendations still state that there is insufficient evidence to recommend ROUTINE use of ECPR across the board. However, use of ECPR in settings where the technology is readily available and can be rapidly implemented may be considered for “select cardiac arrest patients for whom the suspected etiology of the cardiac arrest is potentially reversible during a limited period of mechanical cardiorespiratory support.”